Bio + Chronology

Noah sitting on The White House in construction, Joshua Tree, early 1990s

Noah in his workshop, Joshua Tree, early 1990s

Noah with Aluminum, early 1990s

Noah at Cowell College, UC, Santa Cruz, 1990

Noah with Judson Powell at the Watts Towers Art Center, 1966

Noah with Aurora Borealis, Joshua Tree, about 1999

Bio + Chronology

NOAH PURIFOY 1917 - 2004

Born in Snow Hill, Alabama August 19, 1917; died in Joshua Tree, California March 9, 2004.

1989-2004 Outdoor Desert Art Museum of Assemblage Sculpture created in the high desert of Joshua Tree, California, More than 100 works of art created and placed on 10 acres of the desert floor and in a gallery structure,

2015America is Hard to See, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, New York

2014-2015 When the Stars Begin to Fall: Imagination and the American South, Studio Museum, Harlem, New York, traveled to the NSU Museum of Art, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and the Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, Massachusetts